Horse-detacher.



No. s3o,432.` Patented Aug. s, |399. A. L. wlLKlE.

HORSE DETAGHERZ (Applctiun Bled Fab. 4, 1898.2- 4 (No'lodel.) 2 sheetsl-Shee: l.

No. 630,432. Patented Aug. 8, |899.

A. L. WILKIE.

HoRsE nETAcHER.

(Application tiled Feb. 4, 1898;)y (N o Model.) 2 Shasta-Sheet 2.

Zia/6,1102# UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN VILKIE, OF VINNIPEG, CANADA.

HORSE-DETACHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,432, dated August 8, 1899.

Application filed February 4, 1898. Serial No. 669,104. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN WIL- KIE, a citizen of Canada, residing at Winnipeg,in the Province of Manitoba,Canadadiave invented a new and useful Horse-Detacher for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

' Myinven tion relates to a oontrivance which may be attached to any vehicle drawn by horses and which will enable the driver to free the horse or horses from the vehicle the moment any danger occurs from their taking fright or running away. This is obtained by the contrivance illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a front view of the detaching apparatus. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a View of the same as seen from below. Fig. 4 is aview of top plate and slide as seen from above. Fig. 5 is a view of one of the plates and slides which is secured to shafts. Fig. Gis a view of shafts and front axle, showing the application of lny invention.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, A is the ordinary crossbar of the shafts.

b is the bed-plate. b' b are standards secured thereto. C is an eccentric or cam working on the axle C2, which passes through the standards b b', as shown.

C' is a curved groove in cam C.

cl is a bolt which passes freely through an aperture in the cross-bar A, the lower end having the roller d', working on the center pin d2, the said roller d being placed in the groove C.

cl3 d4 are rollers which are optional. They are placed the one on the under side and the other on the top of the bar A and secured to the plates g and h to facilitate the movement of the bolt d.

e is a pin secured to the other side of the cam C, to which is secured one end of the spring e, the other end being secured to the bed-plate b, as shown. The pin c also carries the end of the chain f, as shown at f.

g is the top plate, secured to the top of the cross-bar A, having grooved projections g3 g3, in which the slide-plate g freely passes.

g2 is a circular projection on the top of the slide-plate g' to give opportunity to form the cavity g4, in which the top of the bolt d is reccived.

g5 is the stop. h is a pin rising from the projection g2, which is intended to hold the whifietree, the

Vwasher h2 and nut h securing it in position.

7i; is merely the box or casing to protect the works before described.

f2 is 'an adjustable tube hinged with lugs to the box 7e at f3.

f1 is apullcy-Whecl secured to the outer end of tube f2 to facilitate the movement of the chain f.

f5 is a ring termination which is secured to the chain after it has been passed through the bottom of the carriage.

Fig. 'shows a plate m, having its edges m m turned over so as to form grooves in which the plate n freely slides.

m2 is the stop.

n is aslot in the plate m, and o is a spring secured at one end to the back thereof, the other projecting upward through the slot n', as shown at o.

'n is the slide-plate, working freely in the grooved edges m' fm. y On the under side of the said plate n is a recess n2, which when the plate n is pushed full up into its place engages the spring o, which holds it in position. On the top of plate n is the ring or loop p.

Having now described the various parts of my invention, I will proceed to explain the working thereof. l

It will be seen by referring to Fig. 6 that the box k, containing the detaching apparatus, is placed on the under side of the crossbar A; that the plate g, With slide, pin, nut, and washer, are above, holding the Whiiletree in position, and also that the tube f2 passes rearward to the aXletree, upon which the spring is attached. Close to this spring is a ring-fastening f, holding the tube f2 in its proper place, and the chain f passes upward through the bottom of the vehicle, which is indicated by dotted lines. It will also be seen that the plates m m are secured by screws or otherwise to the shafts in suitable position. When the horse is harnessed and put in the shafts, thetraces are attached `to the whiflietree in the usualwayu andthe breech- IOO straps secured to the rings or loops p p. Now it is at once clear that in case of danger, when the horse cannot be controlled, by pulling up the chain f by the ring f5 the'cam C is drawn into the position shown by dotted lines c3, at the same time drawing down the bolt d, so that the upper end thereof is clear of the cavity g4. The plate g slips out of the grooved plate g, and the slide-plates n n slip out of the grooves in plates m m with the breechstraps, and the horse is at once clear of the carriage, and thus all danger is averted. It

will be observed that the peculiar form of the to the doubletree in a similar manner to thatl above described and the plate m secured to the'pole.

I make no claim to any particular kind ofv vehicle, nor to any special form of shaft; but What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In safety appliances for vehicles, ay perforated cross-bar having a bed-plate provided with hangers depending therefrom, a cam journaled in the hangers and carrying a pin Working in said perforation, a device supiletree locked in place by said pin and means for operating the: cam whereby the said device is unlocked, all combined substantially as set forth.

2. In safety appliances for vehicles, a perforated cross-bar having a bed-plate provided with hangers depending therefrom, a cam having a groove and journaled in said' hangers, a pin having a head Working in said groove and extending through the cross-bar, a device supported by the cross-bar and carrying a Whiihetree locked in place by said pin and means to operate the cam whereby said device is unlocked, all arranged and combined as set forth.

3. In safety appliances for vehicles, the combination of a cross-bar having aperforation, a device carrying a Whilletree resting on said bar, Va base-plate provided with depending hangers a grooved cam journaled in said hangers, a spring connecting the cam and base-plate, a pin havingV a head working in the cam-groove and extending through the perforated cross-bar and means to operate said cam,- whereby the device carrying the whiflletree is unlocked, all arranged as set forth.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN WILKIE.

i Witnesses:

C. H. ALLEN, C. I. CONKLIN.

ported by the cross-bar, and carrying a whif- 

